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Originally Posted by Mister Pittsburgh

Oh shyt, with it being that easy I think I will go do it just for kicks hahaha.

I couldn't imagine running a marathon. I remember being exhausted after a mile or 2. Then who knows if I could swim for 2+ miles? Where can you even attempt to swim that far? Maybe the biking would be doable, but I'd never make it to the bike to give that a shot.

I could probably make it as the disabled kid that some guy dragged along with him. That might be my only shot to finish.

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Some guy completed the race with his disabled son and pretty much dragged him through the race. Another dude completed the IronMan while he had ALS.

You get 17 hours to complete the race.

I think Hines is trying to seal his fate in Canton. Every dancing with the stars or ironman he does just gets his name out there as a versatile athlete.

You're talking about the Hoyts ([URL]http://www.teamhoyt.com/index.html[/URL] ). Rick, the son, is a quadriplegic from birth. His dad pushes, pulls, bikes for the 2 of them through their races. They've done over 1000, including 6 Ironman races, as well as biking across America. It's a truely amazing, insprirational story.

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Originally Posted by Ghost

You're talking about the Hoyts ([URL]http://www.teamhoyt.com/index.html[/URL] ). Rick, the son, is a quadriplegic from birth. His dad pushes, pulls, bikes for the 2 of them through their races. They've done over 1000, including 6 Ironman races, as well as biking across America. It's a truely amazing, insprirational story.

That's the kid and definitely cool story. I didn't realize they did so many. I just remember seeing pictures of the dad swimming with his kid being dragged in a boat behind him.